She looks at her daughter and then fingers the scarlet letter which will remain a part of her from now on. ... Hester's skill at needlework, earlier shown in the fine way that she displayed the scarlet letter, allows her to maintain a fairly stable lifestyle. ... Hawthorne points out that the first thing Pearl saw in her infancy was the scarlet letter. ... Pearl later played a game where she threw flowers at her mother and jumped around in glee every time she hit the scarlet letter. ... Hawthorne comments that, "the child's whole appearance...was the scarlet letter in another form;...

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